Reversible vest.



W. 'PEESSMAN REVERSIBLE VEST.

APPLICATION FILED APRA, 1911.

1,047,700. Patenta Dec. 17,1912.

@mil- 4 I v l y I Ano/mns eliminated an attain making both the insideand the outside ofl I WILLIAM PRESSMAN, 0F NEW YORK, Y. A

EEvEEsIBLE vEsT.

specification of re'tte'rs Patent.

Patented'nee. 17, 1912.

' AApplication led April 4, 1911. Serial No. 618,780.

To all 'whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, WJLLIAM PREssMAN, a subject of the Czar of Russia,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of 5 Brooklyn, inthecounty of Kings and State of New lYorkgghave invented a new andImproved Reversible Vest, of. which the followt x as shown ln-Fi '1',presents `asi'Ingle-breast/'ed effect, whilept is`san'1ef vest turnedinside 65 1n is a full, clear, and exact description.

y invention `relates to a new and novel form of reversible vest, andmore particularly. relates'to that class of vests `wherein the differentfAnpbjectof my invention is toprovi'de a A- furtherobjectlof-"my-'inventin is-"tof o provide a reversiblQ-g-vethavingmeans' for obtainingthe same,4 whereby afbulky a"- pearance alon `thev"fastening line -will bereduced. 4 the aboveoutlined objects lby thevest of -a finishing material, and insert-` ing within the meetingedgesof the vest and between-the layers of finishing cloth, a lining doubledupon itself. to thereby afford la pocket. for the insertion of thevsides of a corresponding p'ocket'on the opposite edge. Between the/se.two overlapping edges is provided on o posite sides, the common form of`button-.an -buttonhole connection'.

` With the above andother objects in view, as will more fullyhereinafter appear, the present invention consistsin certain noveldetails of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andv moreparticularly pointed out in the claim..

Reference i's to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of refv Fig. 1, a' singlerow of buttons 1 6 is fasz 3-3 of Fig. l; Fig. 411s a view similar to'Fig. 1, but. showing the vest reversed, prefaces present vests of;aere'ntl rcharacters. f f

reversible vest; vneatin constructinhand adapted tobewornto present ineffect eitherl l a singlebreasted vest-or` a ldouble'breasted a1axiiooth tailored effect "will" customary lwith this double-breastedeffec an additional senting a double-breasted elfect, Fig. 5 is adetailed sectional view showing thelinings jV and facing means on van'.enlarged scale from that shown in Fig. 3, .the parts being sepa-130rated to show various fasteners. 1

.Described more in detail, Figs. 1 and 2. disclose va .vest 5 one side.or face of which,

out or reversed". showsA a double-breasted effect, as. shown in Fig'. 4.The front face of the vest is made `of, one style of finishing material6 and the'rear or'inside faceis ,of'a 'different styleoffinishingfmaterial-Z From Yapoint '8 within theneck of the vest and .ex-"tend down =theg1neeting edges to a point 9 .fa-aimer 'the bottom; isinsert/ed a 1in- .ing-.ioofany preferred material "which-lin-l 'ing21's' bent 'back u' on itself, as shown at 11, 75

to `formfa' iiat eongated U- shaped for lthe lends of fthe .faeingmaterials. One ofwsaid' vlinings 10 extends between edge ofthe side 'iland part-f one side of? the opposite lining 10.v This. opposite'lining10 isdisposed between the sides `12:and f 17, one end terminating at theedge of the I 'side .17 and theotheriend fastened -ffto thei85'crosssection iin .the upper part of and 5, the :free outer overlappingside extended` across the -underlappin men'iber-v 13 some materialdistance to give t e doublef` breasted eil-ect shown in Fig. 4, and isheldf' in place by a row o f buttons 14 placed adja-f cent the outeredge of the side 12. VAS

parallel row of buttons 1,5 be used.

On the single-breasted side, as shownj' could be made without departing'from the.

tiereoffltis intended thatpall mai? having a ldouble-breaste 10 terscontained herein in the above description onshown in `:he accom anyingdraw-V ings, shall be interpreted as lustrative and,

not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secnreby Letters Patent: I

As a means for fasten' a reversibie vest and a singiebreasted front, aU-she vdi connecting the edge of one side o the dou lee-breasted frontwith the edge pf the 'adjacent singlebreastedrontw U-shs, dlinng havingone edge fastened to the eege of the other side of the single-breasteiiiront and its other edge fastene to the overlapping side of thedouble-breasted front, each of said 1inings adapted to contain an edgeof an opposite front and part ofv the opposite lining, and fastenersholding sides inplace.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specicetion infthepresence of two sbscrihing witnesses.

WLLIAM 'PRnssMAN Witnesses:

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